It's a nice, little sanctuary but a far cry from the club's glory days over a hundred years ago when a wealthy member gave them a parcel of land at 40th and Broadway, along with the money to build the four-story Mendelssohn Hall.

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She proudly recounted to me her decision to remove a wealthy developer from the prime government land he had invaded to build slums.

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Hence, in Japan, when a wealthy man died, the eldest son inherited all, generally land, and the younger siblings, who were equally educated, tended to migrate to the cities and transferred their allegiance to the emperor rather than their families.

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Traditionally, many female candidates have been from wealthy, land-owning families and were seen more as a continuation of political dynasties than as women entering politics in their own right.

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Sun Hung Kai emerged in 1972 as a consortium that included Lee Shau Kee, the fabulously wealthy owner of another Hong Kong developer, Henderson Land.

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